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Cao Thang Dinh: Breaking the Wall of Decarbonisation
Falling Walls Foundation | Cao Thang Dinh
How CO2 Capture and Conversion Help Tackle Climate Change
Carbon dioxide (CO2) conversion technology holds promise for mitigating climate change by transforming CO2 emissions into useful products. However, several challenges hinder its widespread adoption, particularly its low energy efficiency. One major issue is the high energy input required for CO2 conversion processes. Converting CO2 into valuable compounds often demands a significant amount of energy, typically derived from fossil fuels, which can paradoxically lead to more CO2 emissions.
Cao Thang Dinh, an assistant professor of Chemical Engineering at Queen’s University, is renowned for his research in developing innovative electrochemical processes for renewable fuel and chemical production.
At Falling Walls, Dinh will explore how his pioneering approach to CO2 conversion eliminates the need for CO2 isolation by integrating the capture and conversion processes, making it more energy-efficient and significantly improving the overall efficiency of CO2 conversion to useful products like fuels.
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Cao Thang Dinh is an assistant professor of Chemical Engineering at Queen’s University. He received his Ph.D. degree in Chemical Engineering from Laval University in 2014. From 2014 to 2019, Dinh was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Toronto, where he led a team of students and postdocs that advanced to the final round of the Carbon XPRIZE competition. Dinh’s research focuses on developing electrochemical processes for renewable fuel and chemical production from carbon dioxide, water and renewable electricity. He has published over 90 papers in high-impact scientific journals, including several papers in the journals Nature and Science. Dinh was listed as a “Highly Cited Researcher” in the field of chemistry in 2021 and 2022 by Clarivate.
